DailyMail – A sergeant in Saudi Arabia’s air force was arrested in Las Vegas after police say he pulled a teenage boy into his hotel room and raped him on New Year’s Eve.

Mazen Alotaibi, 23, faces charges including kidnapping, sexual assault with a minor and felony coercion that could get him decades in state prison, according to police and charging documents obtained Friday.

The boy, who is younger than 14, told police the man forced him into a room at the Circus Circus hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and raped him. Police arrested Alotaibi after being called to the hotel before 9.30am December 31.
‘Predator': Mazen Alotaibi, a sergeant in the Saudi Arabian Air Force, was arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in a Las Vegas hotel

‘Predator': Mazen Alotaibi, a sergeant in the Saudi Arabian Air Force, was arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in a Las Vegas hotel

‘There was a kidnapping and sexual assault with force,’ Las Vegas police Lt. Dan McGrath said. ‘The victim said he was forced into the room and sexually assaulted. We have a strong case based on the evidence.’

The boy, who lives out of state, was staying at the hotel with his family, McGrath said. He was taken to a hospital for medical treatment and evidence collection and released later to family members.

According to the police reported cited by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, three other men were in Alotaibi’s room smoking marijuana.